Ray's RecruitJ.B. Lippincott, 1898 - 243 páginas |
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... Main- waring , with disdainful emphasis on the con- venient monosyllable . " " ' What's that ? ' ' " " That , " said Blake , " is what the girls say when Brady tries to dance , -Jump for your lives and Brady take the hindmost . It's ...
... Main- waring , with disdainful emphasis on the con- venient monosyllable . " " ' What's that ? ' ' " " That , " said Blake , " is what the girls say when Brady tries to dance , -Jump for your lives and Brady take the hindmost . It's ...
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... main trouble with his French is the accent . combination of blue grass and Apache . " It's a " Well , he has the good sense to keep it to himself , then , " answered Mainwaring , still a trifle sulky . " I'd pattern after him , if I ...
... main trouble with his French is the accent . combination of blue grass and Apache . " It's a " Well , he has the good sense to keep it to himself , then , " answered Mainwaring , still a trifle sulky . " I'd pattern after him , if I ...
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... Main- waring would promise , and despite his promise would fall , for , as he frankly admitted , he couldn't help wanting to know , you know , and , as it never occurred to him that he could mis- pronounce any word , foreign or domestic ...
... Main- waring would promise , and despite his promise would fall , for , as he frankly admitted , he couldn't help wanting to know , you know , and , as it never occurred to him that he could mis- pronounce any word , foreign or domestic ...
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... Main- waring knows the major's quarters can go to nobody but the major , and she can move in at once . We poor devils of troop - leaders must wait till our seniors have chosen . What's more , Mrs. Mainwaring has no nurse and babies to ...
... Main- waring knows the major's quarters can go to nobody but the major , and she can move in at once . We poor devils of troop - leaders must wait till our seniors have chosen . What's more , Mrs. Mainwaring has no nurse and babies to ...
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... Main- waring , a new - comer , should be the first to crack the whip . Blake almost wanted to blaze up , but thought it best perhaps to wait for Ray , and so subsided . Ray , however , had sauntered out to the edge of the scanty patch ...
... Main- waring , a new - comer , should be the first to crack the whip . Blake almost wanted to blaze up , but thought it best perhaps to wait for Ray , and so subsided . Ray , however , had sauntered out to the edge of the scanty patch ...
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